Team-skills training enhances collaborative learning

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 256-265

  Prichard, Jane S ^a   Stratford, Robert J ^a   Bizo, Lewis A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Team skills training

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646562850     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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